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Charlie Chaplin’s comedy criticizing Nazi Germany, “The Great Dictator” (1940)
A comedy film made by Charlie Chaplin, a popular comedian and famous director at the time, to criticize Nazi Germany and Hitler.
Hitler liked this movie to the point that he was caught twice by his acquaintances while watching it.
That’s probably true…
From Hitler’s point of view, this film
Charlie Chaplin, the greatest art director and comedian of the time, personally told the story of how he, a sick kid in middle school, rose to a high position in Germany.
It was made into a movie with all its essence, so it was like a symbol of success for Hitler himself.
The content of the movie criticizes Hitler, but as a Charlie Chaplin-style movie, the main character (Hitler) comes across as an oddball who is not unpleasant. So Hitler is not depicted as being that evil.